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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: simon404 on June 12, 2010, 23:30:55

Title: Plant ident
Post by: simon404 on June 12, 2010, 23:30:55
Could anyone identify these please - white flower sown as part of a cornfield mix:

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/simon404/P6120038.jpg)

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/simon404/P6120037.jpg)

And this one, can't remember when I sowed it:

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/simon404/P6120040.jpg)

Both flowers about an inch accross
Title: Re: Plant ident
Post by: grannyjanny on June 13, 2010, 06:56:46
I saw the first one on Friday & thought it looked similar to Silene.
Title: Re: Plant ident
Post by: Jayb on June 13, 2010, 08:17:25
Middle picture looks very similar to rocket flowering.
Title: Re: Plant ident
Post by: Deb P on June 13, 2010, 15:21:06
I agree, top two look like Rocket to me!
Title: Re: Plant ident
Post by: aquilegia on June 13, 2010, 17:14:48
top two definitely rocket. Flowers and leaves are edible and leave it to self sow too.
Title: Re: Plant ident
Post by: simon404 on June 13, 2010, 19:52:52
Hmm, I'm not sure that rocket would be part of a cornfield mix  ??? Thanks for your ideas  :) Some kind of silene/campion seems more likely to me
Title: Re: Plant ident
Post by: simon404 on June 13, 2010, 20:02:16
Got it - Silene noctifora - night-flowering catchfly. Still don't know the bottom one though.
Title: Re: Plant ident
Post by: Bugloss2009 on June 13, 2010, 20:17:41
Quote from: simon404 on June 13, 2010, 20:02:16
Got it - Silene noctifora - night-flowering catchfly. Still don't know the bottom one though.

that's a posh seed mix you got there :)
Title: Re: Plant ident
Post by: campanula on June 13, 2010, 20:56:02
yep, silene and the bottom one looks like one of the mallows - moschata?
Title: Re: Plant ident
Post by: simon404 on June 13, 2010, 22:42:31
Thanks again, I don't know about posh Bugloss - just a bog standard cornfield mix from Chiltern Seeds with precious little information on the seed packet or the website  ::) Still not sure about the bottom one Campanula - googled it and the leaves look different to moschata. But I think we might be getting close!